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Graffagnino was well-known icon
As a child, Joseph Graffagnino would steal over his backyard chain-link fence to hang out with firefighters assigned to Ladder Company 149, Engine 284.
Later, as a firefighter for that same company, Graffagnino returned to jumping over that 5-foot fence, this time to borrow eggs and milk from his mother whenever his buddies needed a hot meal but didn't feel up to running out to the store...
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